Cylindrical Camera

This camera node provides a cylindrical view, useful for creating panoramic views. A common use of this camera projection is to allow the creation of environment maps (in 'lat-long' or latitude-longitude format) for later use as reflection maps or for environment lighting.

The cameras page has more details about the controls. The additional attributes are shown below.

The Arnold cylindrical camera can operate in two modes. With 'projective' set to off, all rays have a common origin - they are cast from the center of the cylinder. In the vertical direction the camera acts as a pinhole camera, and in the horizontal direction, it acts as a spherical camera. With 'projective' set to on, the camera is more of a true cylindrical camera; in the vertical direction the camera acts as an orthographic view, and in the horizontal direction it acts as a spherical camera.